Ironing-board attachment for trunks



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IRONING-BOARD ATTACHMENT FOR TRUNKS.

Application filed april 3, 1922. Serial No. 5&3365.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr LUTTMANN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in an Ironing-Board Attachment for Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to ironing board attachments for trunks.

An object of my invention is to provide a simple attachment means of an ironing board of the class described.

Another object is to provide a construction that will assure a firm mounting of the board.

These and other objects are obtained by means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a trunk having mounted on it an ironing board embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional View on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged inverted plan view of an ironing board embodying my invention.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing the board mounting means, forming details of my invention.

Fig. 5 is a fragmental view showing the board in an inoperative position.

The trunk 6 is of the wardrobe variety, having a hanger section 7 carrying the bars 8 and 9 upon which cross bars 10 may be mounted, the cross bars serving as hangers for coats, waists, etc. I employ a cross bar from which the ironing board 11 is suspended When not in use. The board 11 has flexible straps or loops 12 mounted on its end, which engage the hanger and whereby the board is suspended from the hanger. The board 11 has mounted at its larger end, a metal plate 13, having eyes or slots 14 adjacent its free end 15. A support, bar or brace 16, having at its opposite ends the lugs 17 and 18 in substantial axial alignment, said lugs being pivotally mounted on the under faces of the plate 13 and the board 11 by means of brackets or plates 19 and 20. A bumper 21 of rubber or felt is mounted on the brace 16 and precludes slipping of the brace and marring of the trunk. A block 22 mounted on the board adjacent the inner end of the lug 17, serves as an abutment precluding separation of the lug 17 from the plate 19 when pressure is exerted on the smaller and free end of the boardll, see Fig. 2. Lugs 23 and 24 are mounted on the inner face 25 of the wall 26 of the trunk and are adapted to enter the slots or eyes 1.4 in the plate 13. The trunlt wall 26 has a head 27 extending longitudinally of that edge upon which the plate 13 engages, the bead serving to make the trunk dust proof and also affording a substantial and firm mounting and bearing of the enlarged end of the board upon the trunk.

By reference to Fig. 2, the mounting of the board will be readily understood. When the board is not needed, it may be disengaged from the wall of the trunk by lifting the free end of the board and disengaging the board from the lugs 23 and 24, whereupon a hanger is inserted thru the loops 12 and the hanger mounted on the bars 7 and 8.

The beading 27, serves to strengthen the trunk wall whereby the trunk is better able to withstand the vibration to which it is subjected because of the ironing board being mounted thereon. This feature is very important, for unless the trunk is so reinforced, the rigidity of the trunk will be seriously impaired because of the use of the ironing board.

What I claim is:

1. 1111a device of the class described the combination of a trunk, lugs on the trunk, an ironing board having slots into which the lugs may enter, and means on the board adapted to cooperate with the lugs in resisting pressure on the ironing board.

2. In a device of the class described the combination with a trunk having a beaded wall and lugs mounted on one side of the trunk wall adapted to be contained in the trunk when closed, of a slotted ironing board having slots into which the lugs may enter, the board being adapted to engage the head on the trunk wall, and means, on the board, adapted to engage the exterior of the trunk wall oppositely to the lugs and adapted to support the board and cooperating with the lugs and the bead in resisting pressure on the board.

3. In a device of the class described the combination with a trunk, of an ironing board adapted to be mounted in an operative position on the trunk, a support for the board adapted to direct pressure on the board to the trunk, and means adapted to preclude separation of the support from its mounting on the board when pressure is directed upon the board.

at. In a device of the class described the combination of a trunk, lugs mounted on the inner face of a trunk wall adapted to extend combination of a trunk, lugs mounted on the inner face of a trunk wall adapted to extend beyond an edge of said trunk wall when the trunk is open, an ironing board, a slotted plate mounted on the ironing board adapted,

to engage the edge of the trunk beyond which the lugs extend, the projecting ends of the lugs being adapted to enter the slots in the plate, a support bar pivotally mounted on the board adapted to engage the wall opposite to the lugs, and a block mounted on the board adapted to preclude separation of the support from the board when pressure is directed upon the board and support.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this thirtieth day of March, 1922.

JOSEPH LUTTMANN. 

